One local business wants to raise money for PATH Crisis, a mental health call crisis center in McLean County.… MORE

One local business wants to raise money for PATH Crisis, a mental health call crisis center in McLean County.… MORE
Bloomington-Normal’s largest insurance company posted a net loss of $6 billion in 2023.… MORE
By WMBD-TV PEORIA – Many Local County Clerk Offices have begun to react after Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter ruled that Donald Trump cannot stay on the Illinois Primary Ballot on Wednesday. Judge Porter removed Trump under the 14th Amendment’s Insurrection Clause. Illinois is the third state to attempt to remove Trump from the ballot…… MORE
A Peoria man will spend the rest of his life in prison for his part or his lack of act regarding the death of his son who was starved over many months and severely abused.… MORE
The final candidate looking to become Illinois State University’s next president has been announced.… MORE
Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley said that a Pekin man is dead after a single-vehicle crash at approximately 9:56 p.m. on Monday.… MORE
Kiejoun Watts was looking to buy a gun from the man who is accused of killing him last winter.… MORE
A 15-year-old teenager stands accused of playing a role in a shooting that left one injured earlier this month.… MORE
Lincoln’s top elected official wants to shut down rumors regarding immigrants housed on the Lincoln College campus.… MORE
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Bloomington-Normal is the place to be for electric vehicles in Illinois. Rivian is the main event there, but Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday helped cut the ribbon on Heartland Community College’s expanded Advanced Manufacturing Training Center, where students can learn about, among other things, EV’s. The project benefited from $7.5 million…… MORE
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…